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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1902
Page
2
Our friends and patrons will now find us at our new building where we will be glad to welcome them. The removal of the JoURNAL plant to more convenient quarters was completed this week and we are ready to handle orders more expeditiously. We hope to make steady advancement along all lines of the art preservative of all arts.
Editorial argues for municipal ownership of waterworks in Denton, urging prompt action before the 1904 legislature. It contends public ownership ensures fair rates, profits for taxpayers, accountable management, and protection against fire insurance costs, citing broad support among property owners and the community.
Capt Evan P Howell of Georgia praises Arthur P Gorman as the most suitable Democratic leader for national victory. Howell cites Gorman’s long service, loyalty, honesty, and prudent leadership while stressing unity for success.
A strongly supported bill in Maryland proposes segregated railroad coaches for whites and blacks along the Eastern Shore route. Reported sentiment favors the measure across Democratic ranks and some Republicans, with support from Shore-area legislators. The plan cites disruptive conduct by Black passengers on the New York Philadelphia and New Jersey line as justification.
Caroline county residents push for Queen Anne's Railroad expansion via Federalsburg through Salisbury and Snow Hill to Sharptown, promising boosts to farmers and businesses. Community leaders cite higher land values and improved shipping as key benefits.
The great Carnegie Institution to be established in Washington will be presided over by Daniel C. Gilman, former president of Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore.
The United States signed a treaty with Denmark to acquire the Danish West Indies for 4.5 million dollars. The 127 square miles include St. Thomas, St. John, and St. Croix with about 30,000 residents, mostly of African descent. Sugar dominates production and free entry is implied to avoid harming beet-sugar profits. The inhabitants may remain Danes, and treaties must be ratified by local authorities. The purchase is pitched as gaining a strategic Caribbean key, drawing European power interest.
In Parliament Lord Cranborne said Britain would not join the movement and blocked it. M. Hanotaux cited Russia as the real cause of the failure, while Germany and others disavowed involvement. Regardless, rich governments now seek friendship with a nation capable of spending 20 million on the Philippines and 4.5 million on the Danish West Indies, leaving a large surplus.
Hon A P Gorman received formal notification of his Maryland United States Senate election on Monday afternoon. He pledged to serve the state and nation, to uphold party principles while representing all Marylanders, and thanked the Legislature for five straight confirmations. Senator Dixon praised his abilities and the party’s choice amid applause.
State Senator Charles Wright of Seaford spoke at the Farmers Institute in Dover on peach growing. He cited about 4,000,000 peach trees in Delaware and noted Bridgeville shipments on August 25, 1000, totaled thirty-five carloads of yellow fruit, with potential sixty carloads if white fruit sold. He advised planting one-year trees two to three feet long in fall to root well, and warned the peach business no longer promises big fortunes.
A letter to the editors argues about smoking etiquette in public business places. It questions whether non smokers exist among gentlemen and whether smoking should be pursued publicly, urging reflection on the issue. The piece is signed Anti-Smoke.
Mr H P Cannon secretary treasurer requests note of the February 1015 meeting at the Plankinton Hotel Milwaukee Wisconsin. Caroline will likely attend. Cannon's address is Bridgeville Delaware.
Harvey L. Cooper trustee will sell at public auction in front of Denton court house doors, Ridgely Lot 9 Block 41 in Seventh Election District Caroline County. Property includes stables and outbuildings. Immediate possession, cash sale, purchaser may obtain loan by applying to Harvey L. Cooper.
The assignee will expose at public sale the real estate of Joseph and Lydia Brown located in Caroline County Maryland. The sale will be held at the Court House door in Denton between two and four o clock p m. The property is part of parcels in the Second Election District adjoining the Bridgetown road and lies on the Enact side. The mortgage was dated February 15 1892 and assigned January 23 1902 to Albert G Towers. The tract is part of lands conveyed to Joseph Brown by William Massey trustee on January 3 1889. The improvements are listed as part of the sale.
Public sale of real estate in Denton Maryland consists of a farm in the Sixth Election District and a hotel and store property. The sale follows a decree of the Circuit Court for Caroline County in Equity in case No 1053 Chy leading the trustee to offer the two parcels to the highest bidder at the Court House door in Denton on a date to be announced.
A 1902 sale describes multiple parcels on Market Street and Lowe or Franklin Street in Denton with details of boundaries, frontages, depths, and current occupants. Parcels include stores and livery stables, with two parcels offered together then as a whole. Immediate possession except for two parcels due Jan 1 1903. Also describes Lot 2 in Caroline County near Hillsboro to Denton.
The assignees of Annie K. H. Burnite's mortgage to Henry R. Lewis and T. Alan Goldsborough will sell at public sale in front of the Denton Court House door, Denton Maryland, to the highest bidder, under a power of sale recorded in Caroline County mortgage records dated December 30, 1899 and assigned January 9, 1902 for collection.
Mortgage notice details the Fanny Herr Farm in Caroline County. It lists two tracts on the west side of the Choptank river and east of the Denton Greensboro road, adjoining George M. Tyler and Conrad H. Imler, with woodland parcels nearby, conveyed to Jacob R. Kephart by Fanny Herr. The filing sets the sale date as the 41st day of February 1902 between 2 and 4 p.m. and notes the parcels composing the mortgaged property.
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